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Newspaper Page TextIn order to remedy a defect in “ the disparity between the ages of subaltern officers and their grades, proceeding from the fixed numbers in each rank, and the failure to provide for any promotion, except in case of vacancy,” two methods have been suggested by officers of great merit and intelli gence : Ist. To reduce the number of midshipmen, so as to fur nish only so many as may be required to supply the higher grades as vacancy may occur. 2d. To educate a number equally as great as that now established, and to fix an age in every grade, upon the attain ment of which, if no vacancy exists for promotion, they may be retired from the navy to find employment in the merchant service, and supply a reserve corps, in case of war, of the most efficient character. The Secretary earnestly recommends, “that the service it self be elevated by recognizing by law the offico of com modore, and by the creation of at least two officers of the rank of Rear-Admiral,” one of the latter, when not on active duty, to be employed at the department itself, “in such super vision and direction of the personnel of the navy as might be assigned by the head of the department, in analogy to the connexion of the General-in-Chief and the Adjutant Gener al with the Department of War. lie recommends that an efficient naval force be stationed in the Pacific, under the oommand of an officer of high grade, and assigns his reasons. It is proposed to attach steam pro pellers to our sailing vessels of war, be used as occasion may require; but he does not recommend a large addition to this species of naval force under present circumstances. Os the four war steamers authorized to be built by the act of 1847, the Saranac only has been oompletcd, and she is at tached to the Home Squadron. It is contemplated to require several squadrons occasionally assembled together to manoeuvre in fleets. The Naval Aca demy in Annapolis is in successful operation—and it is recom mended that the President be authorized to make a few ap pointments at large of midshipmen, “ as a means ol promot ing youths of extraordinary premise, and of placing the sons of the navy and army, who have little choice of residence, on a footing of equality with the other young men of tho country in eligibleness for the naval service.’’ In consequence of the abolition of the punishment of whip ping in the navy, without adopting any substitute, and thus leaving seamen to the severest penalties for of fences heretofore punished by whipping, the Secretary ad vises, that “a committee of Congress shall take the testimony on oath of respectable and experienced seamen, as well as officers, in reference to a proper code of discipline for tho ser vice, and especially in regard to the discretionary punishments to be imposed by officers in command of single ships.” The report gives an account of several lines of mail steam ers with which Government has contracts, payments, &c., and recommends, “that a line for the transportation of the mails from San Francisco to Macao, Shanghai, or some other point in Eastern Asia, either by steamers or sail vessels, be also established.” The report refers to the operations at the National Ob servatory ; the astronomical expedition under Lieut. Gillis ; the preparations for the publication oi an American Nautical Almanac, by Lieutenant Davis ; the experiments of Profes sor Page in the application of electro magnetism as a motive power ; the metrological experiments of Prof. Espy ; experi ments in gunnery, <fcc. A board of naval officers is engaged on the question of rank between officers of the military and *ctvil branches of the naval service. The expenditures of the department during the past year are £7,891,891; $2,368,169 of which were for special object. The estimates for year ending June 30, 1532, are for the na val service, including the Marine corps, $5,900,621 •, for transportation of the mail, improvement of navy yards, &c., &c., $2,210,980 —being less by more than oue million of dol lars, than were the estimates for the present year. The Secretary suggests that the appropriations for the an nual support of the navy be separated from those for fixed and permanent objects on shore, &c. u The unexpended balance of the appropiations for jects connected with the department, on the 30th last, $3,839,253, all of which will be required for om^^EHE obligations. The Secrel reforms ii ■c ‘ jS ; V tide with Kr rcspondencce. la fl by billlasts^S ■forma, as P"*-* hc recom ■pnable-, m wh Gen ■ould authorize the 1 ** Km officer to the Pacific £> ■other minor arrangements arc g ■ of the mail department m Cahfo lin the rates of postage, the follow* I made * “That the inland letter poe b a, C Single : fth rate of five cents when not pre ftstmasur General be r l u, 'f j° Kwo cents the single letter, * B that the revenues of tbc 1 epar Kow recommended, shallhaveex ■Lore than five per cent, for two Khe postage to California and the postage charged on ■■more simple and uniform cents the single let or *&®*;<w„ as t. South America; tuc coast, South America; the ■■ha and points beyond either , letters, without the super- I't'VsVjKp l where such scapostages by postal treaty. And hc to the Postmaster General, ■ to reduoe or enlarge these I et ’| CT arrangement with other ‘j_i,V-'.;'-. : k/',rl '-;1 o ■ -; v i'; ;/ y‘\ •. .1 o< : ■ • 11 ” : T i': £ kv> culati'>n. A’ l ’- v ’ - .'-5 1 j|Jfß SSi^-iSHWH Ar-~ A^SBP| some moviug AVliat widows, and or j ! rock of public mdiffere - been restored to i , phans and unfortunate mcn^^ tbc „ evo lencc . comfort, health an j n their behalf . which the Tress has chat J cannot very well We confess, therefore, t^g powerful and O understand how said to “rise” when the su* and beneficial agency can • num ber commands the ?r Richmond Republican. Tpl egeaph.-A late English] Cowing Electric lelegrap P Xteakewell h f invente^g^; ious Telegraph, winch bids eri Morse cel, the discoveriesoo- f san d cheapness and Bain, and give aunication. Not to this marvellous method Report of the Secretary of War. Mr. Conrad, the Secretary of War, has a brief, but well written and interesting report. The aggregate strength of the Army, including officers and men, and all the staff corps, is 12,927 ; but it is estimated that the number of men actual ly fit for service, in consequence of sickness, deaths, deser tions, and other causes, will fall short of the legal organiza tion on an average of from 30 to 40 per cent. Os the 12,927 officers and men, 7,796 are stationed in or are under orders for Texas, New Mexico, California and Oregon. It is believed our present military establishment is eutirc ly inadequate to the wants of the country. The recruiting service has been actively prosecuted, and tho protection of our frontier settlements steadily kept in view. Cavalry troops, it is believed, are the only troops that can put a stop to Indian depredations, and it is recommended that one or more regiments of mounted men be raised. The propriety of arming and organizing into a kind of militia, the inhabitants, (including the Pueblo Indians) under the direc tion of Army officers, is suggested as a means of preventing Indian depredations in New Mexico and Texas. This, how ever, is only a temporary expedient, and it is urged that some system b adopted to induce the Indians to abandon their wandering life, and turn their attention to agricultural pur suits. Efforts arc making to induce the few Indians in Florida to emigrate, and to prevent an outbreak in the meantime a few companies of troops are stationed there. It is recommended that a force be sent against the Sioux Indians in Minesota, who have mado war on tho Chippcwas, after making a solemn treaty of peace through the agency of the United States Agent and the Governor of Minesota. •Sites for naval depots and fortifications on the Pacific have been designated ; and several surveys previously ordered hare been completed or are in progress. The Military Academy is commended for its efficiency, and the recommendation for a retired list of army officers strong ly renewed, as is also an asylum for disabled and destitute sol diers. It is recommended that the Quartermaster's Department, which employs about five hundred teamsters, be authorised to enlist such number as may be required instead of hiring as at present, at a higher rate of pay than is allowed privates. Tho expenditures of the Quartermaster’s Department for the year ending Juno 30th. 1850, were $4,295,29S 60; for 1851 they were estimated at $3,915,954, but it is now be lieved they will exceed this sum, though they will not equal those for 1852, which are estimated at $4,930,000. Since IS 14, the cost of transportation for the army has increased a bout 1,500 per cent, in consequence of our increase of territory.. It is, however, hoped that as our new settlements increase, and cultivation extends in Texas and New Mexco, and min ing becomes less profitable in California, these enormous ex penditures will diminish. The half cent postage on newspapers sent out of tho State where they nrc mailed is recommended to bo repealed. Tho following rates are recommended for pamphlets, and j other printed matter, not newpapers: Two cents for two ounces or less, and one cent for every additional ounce or frac tion of an ounce, as the inland rate. For the sea-going charge on such matter and newspapers twice the inland rate to and points where it is proposed that the letter postage shall bfc ten cents, and four the inland rate where tho letter rate is twenty cents. It is not recommended that the franking privilege and that of newspaper proprietors be discontinued, but that tho De partment should be paid for the transmission of such matter by an appropriation A few other less are made, and the report closes with a occupied in editors y tii the ?si cmiKi, ( ■ lu■:11 e I j'n'i* =■;A (^ near 1” weekslT!l^Mp^g^ ; |J| Col. 11. M- Gray discovered the fact that ty , and that the paper has not - Wonder if he has discovered the a sponsible for the debt, by r^H giving previous notice. W.tlJ I been regularly used by e 1 not so, Mr. A Crav^B W sir .--Your paper ken out of the office. I bat name ; there county. 1 1 ?r. L. V. content with the mere transmission of messages, Mr. Bake well proposes by his telegraph to secure a sac smile of the handwriting in which it is conveyed. — The machine may be constructed so as to diminish or magnify the characters of the original communi cation, and it can be applied to printed matter with even greater facility than to what is written. If brought into actual operation, this discovery will bo available with the present wires and votalic battery so that should it bo adopted in preference to the present system, no great additional expense will be incurred. Webster and Jenny Lind. We were not surprised that to the overtures and Operas which formed the first two-thirds of the evening’s entertain ment, Webster was only courteously attentive. lie leaned back, with the state repose which marks all his postures and movemenis, and, conversing between-whiles with his friends on either side, looked on as lie might do at special pleading in a court of Law. It was at the close of one of those tan gled skeins of music with which an unpractised brain finds it so difficult to thread the needle of an idea, that he made the remark, overheard by the attendant and taken immediately to Jenny Lind :—“Why doesn’t sne give us one of the sim ple mountain songs of her own land?” The mountain-song soon poured forth its loud beginning, impatiently claiming sympathy from the barren summits that alone listen where it is supposed to be sung. The voice soft ened, soothed with its own outpouring—the herdsman’s heart wandered and left him singing forgetfully, and then the audi ence, as if transformed to an Ariel that “puts a girdle round the earth,” commenced following the last clear note through the distance. Away it sped, softly and evenly, a liquid ar-J row throuj) more liquid air, lessening with the loft behind it, but fleeing leagues in seconds, and with no er rand but to go on unaltered till it should die—and, behold! on the track of it, with the rest of us, was gone tho heavy winged intellect of Webster! We had listened with our eyes upon him. As all know who hs.vo observed him, his habitual first mark of interest in anew matter, is a pull he gives to the lobe of his left ear—as if, to the thought-in trenehed castle of his brain, there were a portcullus to be lowered at ahy welcome summons for entrance. The tone sped and lessened, and Webster’s broad chest grew erect and expanded. Still on went the entrancing sound, al tered by distance only, and changeless in the rapt altitudo of the cadence—on—far on—as if only upon the bar of the horizon it could faint at last —and forward leaned the aroused statesman, with hand clasped over the balustrade, his head raised to its fullest lift above his shoulders, and the luminous caverns of his eyes opened wide upon the still lips of the sing er. The noto died—and those around exchanged glances as the enchantress touched the instrument before her—but Web ster sat motionless. The breathless stillness was broken by a tumult of applause, and the hand that was over the gallery moved up and down upon the unconscious as | sent, but the spell wan yet on him. lie slowly leaned back, with his eye still fixed on the singer, and suddenly observing that she had turned to him after curtseying to the audience, , and was repeating her acknowledgements unmistakably to himself, he roso to his feet and bowed to her, with the grace and statiliness of tho monarch that ho is. It was not much to see, perhaps—neither docs the culmination ofa plan et differ, very distinguishably, from the twinkle of a lamp— but we congratulated Jenny Lind, with our first thought, after it, at what is perhaps her best single triumph on this side the water, the sound of America’s deopest mind with her plummet of enchantment.— Home Journal. t f m \ ■ JMjp| ■t Knds often K i , Bmws has just Kassel ~,Hin .if his office!— ."-CcC hi 11:; 1 ’ fact that he is re , neglect of duty, in not douht, also, the paper lias rivXytW th C*e up to this time. Is it n ’ A, ’ l < 1 ~ t}l Tec. 1850. to Col. 11. N. Gray, is notta- WS^rr''' l °f llo Inan in fhis county of i Gray living at Sand Fort, in this 1 yours, < W/ WM. D. UARGROVp, P. >J. . Andrews. ] The Convention Resolutions—w e think that the Fire-Eaters, themselves, should be fully satisfied with the tone and temper of the Resolutions adopted by the Conven tion. The 4th Resolution looks decidedly to resistance, for sever;, causes named, and is therefore objectionable to Union men oi moderation and candor. We apprehend there are but few men, in Georgia, fire-eaters excepted, who would go f.>r a dissolution of the Confederacy, because Congress, tho <*idv Legislature which the District of Columbia has, should abolish slavery therein, with the consent of the people of the District. Governor Gilmer’s views on that subject, are, wo think correct. If the sovereign people of Georgia have a right to alter or abolish the Institution within their limits, on what principle is tho like privilege denied to the people of the District, through their Legislature ? Nevertheless, we would deem it inexpedient and injudicious for Congress to med dle with the matter. It could do no good but keep up tlie agitation of a subject which ought to rest. We are therefore opposed to any movement, looking that way. Still we see no use in laying clown an ultimatum , of the kind mentioned, as one of the reasons for resistance, even “as a last resort, to the disruption of all the ties that binds Georgia to the Conner acy.” The remedy is worse than tho disease. | n. gle exception, we cordially endorse thepreamb\ e an d Resolu tions of the Convention and will stand up t<* its recommenda tions. “Editors Rising —The politicians are referred to an article in another Column on the subject of this caption and tho “ power of the press,” from the Richmond Republican, for a lesson of instruction. It also contains a few hints to Editors, themselves, which should not pass unheeded. On looking back at the recent popular election in this State, we tfind but one of tho Georgia Editors, Mr. Smythe, of Au even a cModicjate for a seat in the Convention. lie was defeated, bcc-iu;.e“~6F~hfs JTsu mcnf^setitrrrrr'TTtSt —not'dirr want of qualifications. There was then no representative, in that body, of tho acknowledged great power of the press, pow erful from tho talent and intelligence engaged in its conduct. Tho creatures which the press had made were there, but the creators of these temporary dignitaries were cither too mod est to claim the position to which they were entitled, or their claims were slurred over by aspiring demagogues. So it was too, when one of the Editorial corps suffered his name to go before the Convention as a candidate for one of its tri fling honors. He was cheated out of the place by one or two political gamesters, and another, without any claim on the score of competency or service, elected in his stead ! Now we submit it to our brethren of the quill, if it is not high time that the boasted power of the press should be brought to bear upon this subject. Editors are fools if they will not, in this matter, insist upon the cardinal principles of “equality and fraternity,” as applied to the profession. Let them de mand a fair share of the honors which arise, in a pur suit, to which they are accustomed to bring all the powers of body and mind, and in which they, as a class, have peculiar means of information and much val uable experience not within the roach of others, and they can get all they are entitled to. Rut, if that is not practica ble, let them fall hack upon their dignity and cease their ef forts to make “ everlasting great men,” out of very “ small potatoes,” and rotten ones, at that! By this species of man ufacture they sacrifice all t*ue independence and self-respect, and deserve tube used as the ladders of ambition, by which ungrateful demagogues ascend to power and fame, not only forgetful of the means by which they gained their elevation, but contemptuously scornful of the instruments and influen ces by which they accomplished their purposes. For one, we arc free to say, that, for tho future, wo mako no invest ments of that sort, which will not pay expenses. California . —The latest news from this region is f>f a gloomy character. Much distress prevails iu tha riming Dis tricts, and.severe denunciation are free)* ut‘.,-red against T. Butler King and Mr. hromont foe the misrepresentations which were published by them, and which allured thou sands to starvation and death iu pursuit of gold which was not there . The quartz rock, which King proclaimed was full Iffhachincry to extract gold from this rock had to bo n!an ■dfccd. One from -Li took 20 ‘ 4 - ‘■"’ ,'V'-; 1 -J ‘ ’ f . ‘- “"1 C"r yrni.” ■ 1 \r i! pi;., r a:*..! ‘s ,M ll ” ‘’"'w.-inlol t'l I larif ■rd aim liability to tho penalty Office l.v.vs impose Tor writing on the margin in the hopo this exhibition of his “ higher principles may touch his pocket nerve, to the tune of U $5, the amount of the fine imposed in such eases. As for the ■ light which ho tenders us, we respectfully decline it, having ■ no use for a single ray of moonshino reflected from,** fork a Source. -fa*’ regret to notice ! ■■Flion. .T. M. Mason lias been -ro-ehteted Senator in ■Congress, from the State of Virginia. lie is the man who ■pposed all the scries of compromise measures except the ■fugitive Slave bill, and that he so framed as to make it, in liis ■udgment, so unpalatable to northern tastes that Congress Iwould unhesitatingly reject it and thence dissolution of the rllnion would inevitably follow ! This was the design and J Mason was as much astonished as any one the ■fill passed, word for word and letter for letter, ns he drew it up. Ilis re-election is not however to be understood ns indicat ing the position of Virginia to be on the Disunion side of the question, Mr. Mason’s friends were compelled solemnly to assure the Legislature that he was now a Union man and would remain so, or else ho would have been beaten. The Richmond Republican speaks to the Editors of the Southern Press as follows: “ We ask them to ponder upon the interesting circum stance that to bo suspected of Disunion is certain death to a in Virginia. We beg them to note the curious and entertaining fact that the lion. J. M. Mason, whose batteries had been trained upon the great ship of the Union, was at last himself rescued from destruction by clinging to that ves sel. Just as he was going down forever, the crew of that gnl laut bark threw him a rope, and he is now on board, some what wet and shivering, but determined hereafter to fight un der the stars and stripes, and never to “give up the ship.” So much for Disunion in Virginia.” In our view, this is nil wrong. Disunionists and Traitors should not be allowed, in any case, to represent the Union party. All eleventh hour men should be sent to the rear as new recruits & not receive reward or promotion until they have honorably passed through a sufficient period of probation to entitle them to confidence as faithful and true men. But if a different system is pursued, as at the late Convention in Geor gia, and incompetent men of that class are elevated to posts of honor and dignity, over better men who have borne the brunt of the battle in the cause of the Union, why then, we say, that the new organization commenced will bo like a rope of sand, which will not and cannot hold together. And this, in reference to all elections, State, county and municipal, which are immediately or more remotely to come off in this common wealth. Wail Agent. —lt gives us pleasure to learn that Col. C. R. Hanloiter lias been appointed Mail Agent on the Georgia Rail Road, and has accepted the Office, Tho Colonel has, with a slight intermission of a few days, been for some time past, Operator in the Telegraph office at Atlanta, which post lie has filled to the satisfaction of tho company and the public. His advancement to a better pecuniary situation is, therefore, as gratifying to his friends as it is commensurate with the Colonel’s own merits. So far from beiug obnoxious to the community in which he lives, as th Montgomery’ Advertis er falsely asserts, no man in Atlanta has more friends than A Supposablc Case. Suppose a certain knight of the Pestle and Mortar should be elected to the responsible office of Mayor of this city, and some of his fire-eating friends should again take it into their heads to mob an innocent citizen, what security would that . citizen have, either in the ability or disposition of such a j Mayor, to preserve the peace and protect tho inliabitants ? Don't all speak at once ! Again, when the said knight of the P. & M. had itinb.s power to clear himself from the guilt of a willing jr;'ieipa tion in mob violence, and was afraid or asho'ncd to do it, how can it be supposed that ho would bo mar, enough to dis charge the responsible duties of Mayo- s in an independent : -manner, in ease of a similar emergency ? We don’t believe ■ it possible. Therefore, with nil lovers of law and order, and i all friends of the hr’ vve shall go for a man of different constitutional Qualifications—and that man is J. 11. R. wAsniNO'foy. British Periodical Literature. Y> e invite attention to Leonard, Scott Co's. Prospectus for the continuation of the Standard Brit ish Periodicals, to be found in another column. — The works published bv this New York House are the ‘critical censors of the British Scholastic and Lit erary world.’ ‘They are conducted by the best talent of Groat Britain and arc enframed with the mostim port ant questions which interest or agitate the civi lized world.’ Os the eminent writers who contri bute to the pages of Blackwood, one of these period icals, we may mention — Professor Wilson, better known as Christopher North, its renowned editor; Dr. Warren, the graphic and brilliant author of the “I >iary of a late Physician,’’ and of “Ten Thousand n-y car.” works wliighhave been so extensively pop ulitr'mMl reqmblished form ; P. PfGilly, jinAier, Jeffries, Lockhart, James Lytton Bxihcer, Dr. May inn, Sydney Smith, and the author of “Tom Crin gle’s Log,” “Cruise of the Midge,” etc., works which have been the delight of thousands of readers. In addition, Scott Cos. have made arrange ments with the British Publishers, whereby early sheets of this Magazine are received by them, in ad vance of the regular issue of the work, so that they can always supply subscribers much earlier than any other American house. Skies Brightening. —A new Union paper called the State Journal is about being commenced at llarrisburgh, Pa. This movement lias arisen from the fact, that the ‘Telegraph’ of that place, formerly a leading Whig Paper, lias become too much tinctured with abolition to suit the Union Whigs of Pennsylvania. On the 11th inst a large Union meeting was held at Utica N. Y. The following extracts from the call for raid meet ing will show the patriotic spirit which actuated tho move ment : “ ‘ The Lnian must and shall hr. ‘preferred ” ‘ One God, one country , one destiny , i 3 lh t ynolio 0 j cvrry true American ” “Animated by a fraternal tega?; and f or the welfare of tlio American people—stimuli led 0 y a recollection of the bless ings tills confederacy oi Elites lias conferred on civilization and mankind—ocr.siblAat we l, avu inherited the soil made fertile by the ashes* ©y, l)on who fought for freedom -deeply impressed with * sen/e of the obligations we have incurred in suceer.jinr; to tire efhardiansbip of liberty and the Union— W’d f-'.ecd irresistibly to confess that that Union is now in d-' 1 nger, and that a crisis has arrived which demands deci sive and determined action, we deem it our duty to assemble together to affirm our allegiance to the constitution and laws of our country.’’ “ For that purpose a meeting will be hold at the court house j* n the city of Utica,on Wednesday,tl 11th day of Decem ber, at 6 o’clock, p. m. ■1 hose only are ivited to attend who know ‘no North, no j South, no hast, no 11 estwho know only that country ex ; tending from wean to ocean, the dismemberment of which j would make the world mourn. I “ Those only are invited to attend who bow in submission, of hat instrument which is believed to be i. - 1 -h ■n ashaigt'in, tie 1 f:r.!u r .if ucr e :n ----''- * . *■ 4 i ‘ !•’ t! a: s'.-..: ! n Co\-, • -on . r< >, 'hlt‘o-.s. ;;i favor of th” < and the enforcement of the same by the I lie following Resolutions will show the char- I Tictit of the whole: 3. That while we dc not conceal that the several acts of Congress passed at their last session, relating to the admis sion of California, to the territorritorial Government of Utah ami New Mexico, to the adjustment of the boundary of Tex- i as, to the prohibition of the slave trade in the District of Co lumbia, and to the reclamation of fugitives from labor, do not, to the extent we desired, me-t the just demands of the Sooth; nevertheless, viewing these several nets as parts of an entire system, to be adhered to and maintained as a whole, proceed ing on the basis ot compromise, and intended, bv a permanent adjustment of so many critical questions, to Inal the public agitation and perpetuate the Union, they havo received our acquiescence, nijtlJmvc us with admiration of %o mifient statesmen, who rising uUwfcThe TViflncneTof party ! and sectional considerations, periled their well earned reputa tions for the enduring welfare of their country. 4th. TTint the vigorous and faithful execution by the al government of all laws, made in pursuance of ‘the oonstitu- Uou, ,s its primary duty, and affo:-.’., tllconly BPcnrity for tho just protection of ‘he „and property of the citizen, and for the of the Union ; and it is equally the duty of all good citizens to er courage and support the officers of the government in ths execution of the laws, and to discoun tenance and rebuke the efforts of those who seek to subvert them. And while, therefore, we entertain every proper con fidence in the aoility and determination of the Chief Magis trate of the l nion faithfully to perforin his duty in the pre sent crisis, and take the opportunity to lender to him our assur ance that, in any emergency that should require it, he may safe ly rely upon the cordial co-opcration of the people of Maryland, ne cannot withhold the warmest expression of our firm and continued reliance upon the patriotism of those of our coun try men, in all sections of the Union, who have fearlessly as serted the constitutional rights of the South; and, in view of ihe calamities which must ensue if those rights continue to le violated, wo would earnesly suggest to the governments of the non-slaveholding States the propriety and tho importance of enacting such laws as will facilitate the recovery of fugi thes from labor; and upon the citizens of every State we would axiously urgo the absoluto necessity of maintaining and enforcing each and all of the measures of adjust mem adopted at the last session of Congress. Indiana, too, has spoken. The Reform Convention of that state, passed, on the 3d inst. the following Resolutions bv a vote of 00 to 2G : ’ y ‘ \\ hereas the Congress of the United States passed at ha last session a series of acts commonly called the compromise measures; and whereas certain misguided individuals, in va rious States of the Union, have expressed their determina tion to resist a [xirtion of its law, Therefore, Be it Revolted, That in the opinion of this Convention the common sentiment of the people of Indiana sustains and endorses, in their general features and intention, the said series of compromise measures as passed by Congre*, and rceo~- ntses m the success of those measure* an earnest of and perpetuity to our glorious Union. That whatever-may be the opinions of Individ uals as to tho Wisdom or policy of the details of one or any of the acts of Congress above referred to, it is the duty of ail good citizens to conform to the requisitions, in good faith the conditions of that com of domestic slavery which is coeval tution. Resolved, That a copy of this preamble and resolutions be transmitted to the Governors of each State and Territory of the l otted States, and to each of our Senators and Repre sentatives m Congress.” 1 < l, S?M v tilr#lin *-T < ' < , n ’ Jol,n IL Means lias boon TANARUS;f r ° fSoUlh c '"oli.la. and Joshua J. ‘V ard, Lieut. Governor. EJGTTEK from GRIFFIN. Griffin, Ga., Dec. 17, Uer Doctors It would havebcen cute a treats* ‘ , ‘f . .are-caters of this place, to pass resolnt!—. ’ I £"“ bv ,l.e Convention in Miiw^ was proclaimed bj-one dvmlcnwn ~ , Sy./rn, th't—pntahU .y f V *r 7‘p* ta * h 'W Ivn vote in tlio Convention for tbe prcan.bk- 1„ tin, —7*.** because lh ovprtnsinns used i„ th., p TO „„ b le , the admission of California he could not endorse- and * I said, in reference to the adoption of the 4th T , was not strong as he desired, and therefore he rotel * j the preamble and resolutions. Rut as the people ..T"* ; gia, in Convention, had adopted this preamble and , * tions, he adopted them—that they were Union tliat he was on that platform, and woukl not be driven by the Union party coming up to it—no, not he * M r " P * was called on. who spoke of the old issue in roe.-m] t ‘ olK U* mission of California. That it was Union or Li.uni, that the position of tho gentleman from Butts of an anecilote he bad heard, viz: “How Weap “‘l* drc. The meeting adopted some four or give resolution m ’ proving the platform laid down by the Convention IT ing themselves to wipport it. Major Cline WHS Il( , t • ‘ ’ Strange that so important a step should have “ the absence of leave from the Federal Ruin man ifc” teach them a lesson, in a week or two, worth two of tl! t But I guess that there are some three or fourof them wh” Z be like the school boy about the letter A. “C- t ° him, sir! cant understand him ! cant remem^r’l 0 "’ T U, ”I c. him, lor the life o’ me I oam!” M, re l n V ’ 'n>rv anon. You w ;ii see tlio resolutions that wero adopted, in this ■ ‘ the papers of this place. TROCIUXTEr , F ” u'n. F r,*“ r,,r x*r* ' *e DH.xs. to o„ oH Raoh.lor s with i„ Bra , ti „ n , * givo .be mono,, to U. cMi, .ho, b, „o„ r of 0,0 In., hotvevor funnier Mill, „ijßrtSw*,,j take Ibe butt ml„l„ r t, as , is cm c , r “ -lentics! youth that ,1,0 XX .a, 4rfi , * f' ■“ • “ r ’" o,OT “tor. ta-, uti„ tow UjKtn rhe “clulders,” of Baduion,! A malicious Lie.—When the Editors of th e Mcmt ■ gomory Advertiser asserted that Mr. C. R. HanUiter w th. “author of an incendiary letter which appeared in theCror gia Citizen, last summer” (as they did in their paper of tU 1 .th inst,) they hare wilfully and maliciously lied l (iraliam’s ma"isi n > .Yke . , the novelist, C, \> ] Trj,, 10( . JV r * r f , noto ~ i ,- ’ . * lk * •’dinos, to Mr. Graham that Oral-am a Ap* is the o„lv Amorioan tor illicit Mr. J. lias undertaken to write auvihia, lor tins Magazine he will write aeries otSeurettuti chmTtg the ensuing vear. Nuppo.sca .murderer Arresied.—Jam<t WiU hams was arrested, on Sunday last, in Hatnlnm £ G ; , a the instance of two citizens of Thomas Ga. charged with the murder, about the l;Gn*t. of a young man and woman supposed to ]tn>han.l and wife, named Burin Moore and Charity Got* (probably her maiden name,) from Kranswick Co’ North Carolina Tim Chronicle StntinH that the Williams is a bafijclMr-, , -actor woo i,*t Hamburg a few weeks inre, in ~,u> pany and his coi] ai,icit and wjw seen with in Thoma-sville (hi. v. hicnj®ce \\ iiliams shortly afterwards retnrntdin of a double-barrelled gun and the horn drove. The murdered eoii|de wm f °!Ur dCa<l half a mil ° fro,n iho n>8(1 their .>wu wafciin, when successful pursuit was made after WiU Immtii as above stated. T. * ll ‘*ly fnrn ardivditf sh iby the respected author. The b,ik con^fr^^j i letter press, done up in illustrated paper cover v fizin do i press of Spalding & Shepherd, New York. It, liUsrv - tents we have not had time to examine, critically, but , | *° K,,mr ,hat th of the Doctor i, ,• generis, d,,d , owing forth some of sl>e snblimert conetptions of a profound I ap,] ‘-irily cultivated intellect, which can only bv ■ 'predated, as tb"v should be, by intellects of rqnl vivacity and inspiration wit that of the author himself. \V e will g i*, 4 specimen of his minstrelsy in our next. I ngitlVl SIaVC ( asc—^Yesterday the* Unit*! Sut**. Marshal for Indiana delivered in this city, to Mr. Triuid.nf 1 ort Smith, Ark., three persons turned by him m sbr*# consisting of an elderly woman, hercpgliter, and hrrd*# f k. ter *s son. These persons have beta eoufilkd in !k jail it Now Albany for some weeks aud have heretofore berzrrf.r re<l to our paper. They are as white as the u kitMl < rnr citizens, as far our eye can see, and although Mr. Truro-!', claim to them appears to be strong as respectable tmtinvuy can make it, yet the greatest interest in their late lias ben excited both here and in N. Albany. M e may say to the credit of the citizens of New A Ihm, j tliat althoughjhere was considerable feeing in that city oa w count of the deli very of pt%nfiSThfo bomlngV, sot tb* slighest symptom of opposition to the execution nf the he I was manifested. W e have no doubt that the Law can be w* j routed peaceably, everywhere throughout Indiana.— Louie I r ille Journal, Water Cure Journal for 1851. — No. iof *h# I ’ 1111 1 Volume of this periodical, enlarged to quarto form, 1 j P :, fU s monthly’, and printed on the finest paper and new type. I | altogether presenting a specimen of perfection in the typogva- I phie art that is unequalled, has reached us from the pr ,, -' < r ’ I howlers and Wells, No. 131, Nassau street, New I'A- m Though much enlarged and improved the price of this verit ■ is still the same sl, per annum in advance. Subscription* ■ | will be received at this office. To Parents Mr. Editor Permit Ik-ycnn c ,vc IhenmfTrajM ~ .1. W,M 1 "T l,ulc >*"; • al or, to aegara, for the ini’- , ‘ • .. .. , ‘ -prmt of making rto wi3an nag *! , nig i vs it 11 kiio>^ (S f or ;\j r Strew beside I Is seh adt ffiorw zat.on of lockout], consistent witFgwSl morals! SENECA. Cask OP CiMrux.—The Washington New* the grand jury has found true bills agaihst Chaplain for**” j mg and carrying away the negroes of Messrs. Stephens, of Georgia. A presentment lias also been rsi* gainst tin. driver ot too hack or carriage in which the r'f’ was conveyed. Later from California. The steamship Ohio arrived at N. on - “ I 7th > with dates from San Francisco to the Wof •'ember. She brought about four hundred gers and a quantity of gold dust. Intel!,uenee of the admission of California * * State ot tiie Union was received on the 1 Otb cf *■*£ .ober, and celebrated bv a grand procession a! "-‘ sorts of rejoicings on the 20th. . ie steamer Sagamore, plving between Sa r Cisco and Stockton, was destroyed by the I of her boilers, and a number of jKtrsons wfwk'-T i 1 lie disaster was said to liave been caused Hy U gence on the part of the engineer in charge. Colonel Fremont cannot be re-elected to the ’•• Senate after his present term expires. The female population is rapidly ifornia ; 3000 ladies are said to have arm'd 5 U ! January last. We notice extensive lists of • ,rsr ‘ t ges in confirmation of the statement. A correspondent of the Picayune, gives it 3S opinion, that the Constitution will soon be c!l f j,. sons make California a slave state.— Lof*: fltk ‘ publican, .